Goblinworks Executive Founder
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- Griefers primary motivation is to ruin other PLAYERS enjoyment of the game.I would personally rephrase this that the thing that stand out most about grifers is that they ruin other players enjoyment. Their primary motivation is alleviating an easily bored mind. They don't think nearly as much about your enjoyment of the game as you do - and that is why they grief others so much: they don't think about others enjoyment as much, only their own.
You would be incorrect. Griefers, by definition, are getting entertainment from schadenfreude by inflicting 'harm' onto other people. Granted, a given person will probably have other motivations and be doing other things at the same time, but most griefing actions don't provide intellectual stimulation.
Goblin Squad Member
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"By definition" they are causing grief. How and why can have many different answers, but alleviating boredom ranks, in my opinion, just as importantly as schadenfreude. Getting a reaction is often as important as whether any harm is needed to be done to get that reaction.
Well, maybe. There are different shades of griefing. Perhaps we're both merely talking about different types.
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Goblinworks Executive Founder
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Schadenfreude is the mechanism by which griefing is play. The reaction is the evidence used to evaluate the entertainment.
Contrast the FPS player who is two orders of magnitude better than everyone else: Nobody else has much fun, either because they get steamrolled or have no effect on the outcome, but there is no griefing. A different case would be a player who shoots his own 'team'.
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Goblin Squad Member
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I am not exactly certain how buildings are going to work. If I create a processing building to refine some iron ore into iron ingots, and only I can use that building, then a leasing contract might be available. I could lease time on the building.
Leasing contract:
Depending on the mechanics of buildings: If I create a processing building to refine some iron ore into iron ingots, and only I can use that building, then a leasing contract might be beneficial to both me, and others. Can lease the building for a given amount of time, or lease the building for a given amount of product, say 10 tons of iron.
If a building is usable by anyone who is a member of the township where it is built, then the leasing contract would be different, but still possible, a means for the township to earn extra taxes. Perhaps not a contract, but a usage fee. Members of the township get to use the building for a fee of ___, while outsiders pay extra. One problem with this method is the only buildings which get built are the ones the governor wants to build.
Leasing could work for non stationary items as well. Think siege equipment, ship, ect. . .